that reminds me of some conspiracy theory about pearl harbor and how roosevelt knew about the attack, but instead of confronting the attacking force, he allowed it to happen to rally the american people behind entering a war on the other side of the world.

that reminds me of some conspiracy theory about pearl harbor and how roosevelt knew about the attack, but instead of confronting the attacking force, he allowed it to happen to rally the american people behind entering a war on the other side of the world.

You've gotta look at things from their shoes.

When I say their, I mean the Pres and those who have ability to commence the war.

Its not completely unreasonable for them to do so. It makes sense.

If I were in their position, I may do likewise all in the name of keeping a good image amongst my people/country.

The art of war.

More than simply saying 'let's go after them cause they're threatening us with their words and hatred'.

Dr. why do you hate america so much, accept the truth that the USA has freed millions & millions & millions of peole since world War I to present. We never conquer we liberate, develope & free people. If you can't see that then no matter what I say doesn't matter.Next, you compare the economy (GDP) of the USA vs Germany that has 1/4 of our population and so on... Lets compare EU vs USA in 2007. Who's doing better??? Lets compare those 8 years ago? How does it look???
Dr. the population of the 4 next largest economies that the USA outproduces is 1,593,000,000 to 303,000,000 so the USA is outnumbered by One billion five hundred ninety three million people. Again if you do not like the truth I can not change your mind.

First of all, if you really believe that "I hate America" by expressing my outrage and hate towards the Government and the leader that ruined many lives, ruined my children's future and made our existence tougher -- then you need some serious help.
Our current government is so corrupt that majority of the members are under some kind of investigation, that dollar has been artificially deflated to nothing, that the gas prices have been artificially inflated to the max, that the REAL inflation is well over 15%, that the middle class is disappearing, that all values that one time everyone envied this country are gone, that there has never been more hate toward us...and much more...

You have a serious problem, and many of people in this country havee the same issue. I used to have it -- it is called brainwashed by a constant media, propaganda and Govt crap. I lived in Communist state for 10 years, then in a dictatorship state for another 8 years and I believed all I heard. Then I moved to the USA, and i opened my eyes. It opened my eyes to that point that I learned that it is not so great here by traveling all around the world and seeing what is out there...

You need to do the same or stop arguing here because you have absolutely no clue what is out there...

Throwing some outdated numbers at us here is the same as watching FOX crap every evening -- pointless...

It is very simple -- the USA was something completely different in every sense 15 years ago -- well respected, prosperous, high standards, high freedoms, not divided, politically mature, strong middle class... Today, most of it is gone and we're sinking deeper every day. I am not saying that Clinton, or GB I did not contribute to it -- they did. But no one has put us down this fast like this current administration -- EVER.

Like it or not, there is a long way ahead of us if we want to be back on the right track, otherwise, the future for our kids is very dark...

It is a bar graph. The bars that extend above the horizontal line labeled zero (0) depict a quarter in which the US GDP grew in real terms. The bars that extend below the horizontal line labeled zero (0) depict a quarter in which the US GDP contracted.

If you accept the traditional definition of a recession which is two or more consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, the graph shows that there have been zero recessions during W's term. The Bureau of Economic Analysis though does use a broader measure to define a recession and they calculate that there was a mild recession between March and November of 2001.

It is a bar graph. The bars that extend above the horizontal line labeled zero (0) depict a quarter in which the US GDP grew in real terms. The bars that extend below the horizontal line labeled zero (0) depict a quarter in which the US GDP contracted.

If you accept the traditional definition of a recession which is two or more consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, the graph shows that there have been zero recessions during W's term. The Bureau of Economic Analysis though does use a broader measure to define a recession and they calculate that there was a mild recession between March and November of 2001.

i guess if there's such a definition! but what do you say about the one coming this summer that's predicted to be the biggest since 1930's?